Resolution 116-1986
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Commissioner Alison Fahrer
RESOLUTION NO. 116 -1986
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE U. S. DEPARTMENT
OF THE INTERIOR TO NOT GRANT THE SALE OF ANY
LEASES FOR OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION IN THE
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF BELOW THE 26TH
PARALLEL, SPECIFICALLY NO LEASES IN THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF.
WHEREAS, the U. S. Department of the Interior is presently
considering a 5-Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing
Program beginning January 1987 through December 1991, and
WHEREAS, said leasing program would encompass those waters
in the Florida Straits and Florida Bay which are adjacent to
Monroe County, and
WHEREAS, while Monroe County does not oppose development of
offshore oil resources, it does oppose development prior to full
information concerning the environmental impact on the Florida
Keys ecosystem is available, particularly since Monroe County has
been declared an Area of Critical Concern by the State of Florida
in order to preserve and protect the fragile environment of the
Florida Keys, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
1. That said Board does hereby request the U. S. Depart-
ment of the Interior to abandon any leasing plans for the Straits
of Florida and areas south of the 26th parallel in the Gulf of
Mexico under its proposed 5-Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and
Gas Leasing Program beginning January 1987 through December 1991.
2. That the Clerk of the Board is hereby instructed to
forward a certified copy of this resolution to Secretary Donald
Paul Hodel, Department of the Interior, Mail Stop #644, 18th and
C, Washington, D.C. 20240.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held
on the 4th day of April, A.D. 1986.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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Mayor/Chairman
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DANNY L. KOLHAGE, Qlerk
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